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M; 0.. REEVES. TEMPORARY COVERING FOR PULLEYS.

No. 403,861. Patented May 21 1889..

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MILTON O. REEVES, OF COLUMBUS, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO THE REEVES PULLEY COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

TEMPORARY COVERING FOR PULLEYS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 403,861, dated May 21, 1889.

Application filed February 25, 1889. Serial No. 301,060. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MILTON 0. REEVES, a citizen of the United States, residing at C0- lumbus, in the county of Bartholomew and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Temporary Coverings for Pulleys, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improved temporary covering for pulleys during shipment.

The object of my improvement is to provide, in a temporary cover for the face of a pulley during shipment, means whereby a strip of paper or other like Wrapping material may be held smoothly and closely against the face of the pulley, and be protected against being torn in handling, all as hereinafter fully described.

The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention.

Figure 1 represents a side elevation of the pulley and its covering. Fig. 2 represents a plan of the same.

A strip of-paper, A, or other like wrapping material of equal width with the face of the pulley and of a length suflicient to inclose the entire periphery, is first wrapped about the pulley in close contact with its face. A series of narrow wooden bars, B B, of suitable length to extend nearly across the face of the pulley, and each provided across one side with a series of transverse grooves, C C C, are placed at intervals around the periphery of the pulley, outside the paper. A strong cord, D, is then passed tightly around the Whole, the cord being'laid in the grooves C and the ends secured, the ends being preferably passed over the outer strandsof the cord, thus drawing said outer strands toward the center one, as at e, and thus increasing the tension. The bars B operate to protect and hold smoothly the paper covering, and to keep, by means of their grooves, the cord in place.

I claim as my invention The above-described temporary covering for pulleys, consisting of a strip of paper or other Wrapping material arranged to cover the face of the pulley, a series of wooden bars, each having a series of transverse grooves in one side, said bars being arranged at intervals outside of said wrapping-strip around the periphery of the pulley substantially parallel with its axis, and a cord passed around the pulley over the bars, resting in said grooves therein and tightly secured thereon, all substantially as and for the purpose specified.

MILTON O. REEVES.

Witnesses:

MARSHALL HACKER, GEo. W. CALDWELL. 

